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“I-I didn’t know what to do. I’m sorry!”

Ben hadn’t meant to lash out at Selah. “It’s not your fault.”

Calmly, Wyatt asked, “Did she say where she was going?”

“No.” Selah thought about it for a second and then remembered something Dillyn said. “Wait. Dillyn said she would only be gone long enough to get to the airport and back. She said she had to pick up a package.”

Ben asked, “How long has she been gone?”

“Maybe thirty minutes?” Selah answered.

“She has a thirty-minute head-start,” Lucas spoke his thoughts out loud. “Let’s get moving.”

Mike didn’t miss a beat. “I’ll grab a couple of my men.”

Wyatt nodded. “I’ll have my contacts circulate her picture to airport security and Homeland Security.”

“Lucas, we need you here,” Ben said. “If someone were going to make a move against this house, with us being gone, it would be the perfect opportunity.”

Mike agreed. “I have my best men guarding the house.”

Ben was pissed and was quickly losing faith. He snapped, “Your best men were guarding the house when Dillyn left.”

He stalked to his bedroom to retrieve his weapons. “Give me five minutes, and I’ll meet y’all at the door.”

Chapter 29

Dillyn arrived at the airport in just under an hour. As soon as she exited the car, she texted her anonymous messenger.

312-719-0036 – Dillyn: “I’m here.”

555-571-3232 – Anonymous:“Alone?”

She was starting to have second thoughts about being alone, but it was too late now.

312-719-0036 – Dillyn: “Yes.”

555-571-3232 – Anonymous:“Good. Go stand by United Flights baggage claim number 5.”

Dillyn didn’t waste any time making her way to baggage claim number 5. Again, when she arrived, she texted.

312-719-0036 – Dillyn: “Here.”

555-571-3232 – Anonymous:“Now make your way over to the lockers to your right.”

It wasn’t the most well-lit area in the place. It was close to the exits; however, it was still fairly public. Tentatively, Dillyn walked towards the lockers while checking over both shoulders. Once she arrived, Dillyn understood why someone would want to meet there. It gave the illusion of being a public place while in actuality, it was most likely an airport blind spot. There weren’t any cameras in the area that she could see, and it was much more private than it looked.

“Hello, Dill.”

The vein at the base of Dillyn’s throat pulsed like crazy. It would have been visible to anyone standing within a few feet. On the fear scale of one to ten, Dillyn was a thousand. Her heart rate accelerated to dangerous levels as goosebumps broke out all over her body.

Impossible.Her mouth moved, but words didn’t come out. Dillyn was light-headed and suddenly felt like everything in her stomach would come up.

“I can see you’re shocked to see me.” A grin spread across his face, “Understandable since it’s been a while.”

It took a moment for her brain to realize she didn’t imagine him. Melvin Anderson was real. He was not a figment of her imagination, and his indecent leer brought it all home.

Melvin undressed Dillyn with his eyes as he looked her up and down, “Been watching you for the past couple of weeks, but seeing you up close is a whole other ballgame. You turned out to be one hot piece of ass.”

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